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Does Worrying Serve Any Purpose?

" Howto Stop Worrying and Start Living " is certainly one of the best motivational books. The points Dale Carnegie has written in it are relevant even today, though he wrote the book five decades back. In the book, Carnegie suggests that we should accept the "inevitable" in order to overcome our worries. In the book, Carnegie obviously used the word "inevitable" in the present tense and did not want the word to denote the future.  This means the word has been used for describing current situations. For example, if a person has been born blind, he or she has to accept this inevitable fact. At the same time, we cannot be oblivious of the fact that many blind people or those with other types of physical and mental issues have accomplished great feats in their life.  In short, the only inevitable thing we all should accept is "death." As Frank Sinatra, with his typical candidness, said, “You better enjoy livin’ baby, ’cause dying is a pai...